Opinion

I have been reading some depressing stories about the state of the Obafemi Awolowo University, formerly University of Ife, which provide an equally depressing metaphor for the state of higher education in Nigeria. Great Ife as that university is...

Nigeria - The Christmas lights aren’t shining bright enough; the streets look pale in contrast to previous years of this very season. My fellow countrymen are found haphazardly in queues, at fuel stations, sharing views of the not so...

The global price of oil hit a record low since the 2009 recession dip. Settling at $35 last week, Nigeria is earning about a quarter what it did in the past five years, and the forecast remains bleak. Oil...

Biafra Republic! Niger Delta Republic! Ijaw Republic! Boko Haram Republic! This is senseless. How many countries will emerge if Nigeria is to be broken into pieces? God forbid. Even if we are to go by the six geopolitical zones,...

The events of the last few days regarding the political situation in Rivers State were expected in view of the body language of those bent on circumventing the will of the people. If anyone was in doubt, the Bayelsa situation...

The inconclusive governorship election in Bayelsa State must have come as a surprise to many Nigerians for a diversity of reasons. First is the strong showing of the candidate of All Progressives Congress, Chief Timipre Sylva. Second is the level...

The power, impact and influence of China was evident last Friday in Johannesburg when it met over forty African leaders. It is instructive that a single country which in the 1980s was still considered a Third World country, could...

Edmund Burke- The irish stateman mentioned in his affirmative quote that, the only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. The news hovering around the media spaces on the alleged secrecy and...

The full implementation of Treasury Single Account by the Buhari government, with the core objectives of blocking leakages in government revenues and expenditures across board, is quite outstanding and laudable for its clear potentials to salvage the Nigerian economy...

When the Sir Mike Okiro- led Police introduced the policy of compulsory display of vehicle plate-number on the vehicles plying Nigerian roads and those belonging to government officials; long before terrorism started in Nigeria, little did security conscious Nigerians...